can we talk a little bit about this? have you seen or read the news this morning? in boston there was much ado about this little guy to your left. apparently he is a circuit board device that blinks, batteries exposed. essentially a light bright used a guerilla marketing. very clever in my opinion. but not to the bostonians.people there were running around like the sky was falling. the city went into high alert. kids were left abandoned in school yards. subways were shut down. i saw video of bomb squads remote detonating this thing as if it contained vials of the plague coated in tuberculosis wrapped in lyme disease.
people. C'MON. we have a problem.
did you think it was very tongue in cheek of the terrorists to make a bomb that flips you off before it kills you? did you think that little angular, pixelated guy was some sort of islamic symbol for martyrdom?
i was flipping through a book that had winning design entries for the year and i saw a book design that had graphic journal entries based on news reports for the last few years. i noticed (which i think was the point) that terror was always the lead in each news day.
sure, the chances of getting hurt or killed in a terrorist attack in the u.s. are probably higher ever since g.w. has thrown our hat into the century long religious war ring, but being higher really only means a what? 1 in 1,000,000,000 chance instead of 1 in 1,000,000,000,000?
it just seems silly. bad things happen, yes. and sometimes they happen because of malicious thinking, but lets get real... there are better things to be scared of:
parrot influenza
salmonella on my kitchen faucet handles
the dark
hantavirus
ghosts
demonic possession
lou gherigs
mice
parkinsons
robbers
brain tumors
plaque causing me a heart attack
.
.
.
but not terror.
and not the little cartoon network guy. in fact, i want one. so if you happen to see a bomb squad moving in for the kill, can you just run in and grab him for me. maybe wear a hazmat suit for good measure though.
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thank you for illuminating this so nicely. Just what I was thinking.
funny you mention plaque causing you a heart attack. i actually knew someone that died that way.
people think it's impossible, but it happens.
jesus mercedes, don't ramp up her panic button - we just got her to get into the woods...
i read about it once. since then ive been worried about my lack of flossing...
but im just so lazy...
Lou Garig isn't a bad man, in fact he's the luckies man in the world.. or use to be, or thought he was.
I want to add to your list:
• Carnies
• Long road trips where there are no gas stations or rest stops
• Lace panties causing paper-cuts on your dry wintry ass
• Getting laid-off
• Spiders
Incidentally my aunt has major heart problems because of her lack of dental hygiene. It's for real!
folks, i REALIZE the plaque induced heart problems are real. thats why its on the list. that shit is scary.
aggs, my parents are carnies now.
Hehe.. I totally love the "only taking questions about hair" These guys are my kind of guys!
:)
I didn't know your parents had become Carnies. They probably aren't the one-eyed toothless kind though, I'm guessing.
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